21.23 pm: TheElection Commission rejected opposition’s demand for repoll in some booths in West Bengal that went to polling on April 30 in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections

8.55 pm: Seeking to reach out to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, BJP president Rajnath Singh on Friday said that a “handsome package” would be given for the development of West Bengal if his party formed the next government.

6.02: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will be on a two-day visit to his Lok Sabha constituency Amethi from Saturday.

5.40: Priyanka Gandhi on Friday alleged that pamphlets containing dirty material about her family were being dumped in Amethi.

5.30 pm: BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Friday said that Priyanka Gandhi has succeeded in “robbing the brother from being in the limelight” and pushed him “out of the frame”.

5.05 pm:Asserting that it had nothing to fear, BJP on Friday lashed out at Congress over the snoopgate probe issue, accusing it of “stooping low” in “desperation”.

4.43 pm: Hitting out at Narendra Modi, Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday claimed that the Gujarat chief minister will never become Prime Minister despite all efforts as people have come to know his real face.

4.04 pm: Narendra Modi slams Rahul Gandhi while addressing a rally in Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh. ‘Rahul Gandhi has not not seen poverty, he was born with a golden spoon’, he said.

3.45 pm: Senior BJP leader C P Thakur, on Friday, said that the Congress and AAP challenge to Narendra Modi in Varanasi was only in the media, as people there are rooting for the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate.

3.25 pm: Arvind Kejriwal while addressing people in Amethi said that the region is facing lack of schools and hospitals. “Earlier people of Amethi had no option but to elect Rahul Gandhi, but now they have Kumar Vishwas as an alternative”, he said.

3.20 pm: Arvind Kejriwal addressing a public rally meeting in Amethi.

I knew that anti-Modi forces are under severe stress seeing the defeat looming large. Now revealing their true colours.

1.58 pm: The head of the Kabir Mutt in Varanasi has said Narendra Modi does not reflect the composite culture of this temple town and cautioned that his contesting election from the “sacred place” may “vitiate” its centuries-old unity between Hindus and Muslims. READ FULL STORY: Modi does not reflect composite culture: Kabir Mutt chief

1.45 pm: I am not a person who makes false promises, I want to bring change to your lives, says Narendra Modi in UP.

SP and BSP. What is their work? Support Congress in Delhi but come to Lucknow and sing a different tune. They are 1: Narendra Modi

12:18 pm: Opposition is spreading lies and there level of campaign has gone down, said Priyanka Gandhi in Amethi. She also alleged that books with baseless material written about her family were being dumped a night before at places where her public meetings were scheduled.READ FULL STORY:Priyanka Gandhi: Narendra Modi is a leader who wants power for himself

12.08 pm: Amethi has seen a lot of development, said Priyanka Gandhi in Amethi.

12.06 pm: Rahul Gandhi speaks for all and not just for himself, says Priyanka Gandhi campaigning in Amethi on Friday.